Legal Opinion
Dorough v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 17, 1979No. 78-85PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Justice.
On November 30, 1976, Lavada Barnette filed her petition to probate the will of Doyce Cresful Johnson, who died on November 25, 1976. The will, admitted to probate by order of the -Probate Court of Etowah County, Alabama, provides in pertinent part:
“Item III
“THIRD: It is my desire and will that the house and real property wherein my wife, Dolores Belle Johnson, and I reside, located at Southside, Alabama, be appraised and sold at the highest market value available, and the proceeds derived from said sale be used first to pay off the balance due on said property, and then the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Banks v. SpeersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Powell v. LabrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Ganus v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- People's Bank v. Barrow WigginsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Johnson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
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